Bottega Restaurant is housed in a historic building on the Southside of Birmingham. We offer diverse regional Italian food in two different settings--the more casual side(with no reservations)is the
Café, where we serve pizza, roast meats and fish from a wood-burning oven along with pasta, sandwiches and salads. The main dining room (reservations recommended) features a more...

Bottega has a multi-faceted personality. The slightly dressy main dining room is balanced by the slightly raucous café, the other half of the building, with its Pompeii red walls, huge brick wood-fired oven, long bar, and communal table, open from 11:00 A.M. to 10:30 P.M., it is hard not to feel festive here. The café's patio is the destination for an aperitivo on a pretty day or evening....

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Bottega Café offers a casual dining option next to the more formal Bottega Restaurant. Turn right through the gate and in good weather, you’ll see one of Birmingham’s favorite outdoor spaces in which to enjoy fine fare. In any weather, diners will take pleasure in the warm terra-cotta-colored room and watching pizzas emerge from the wood-fired oven. Or try the piadine---thin pizzas topped with...

On historic Highland Avenue sits one of Birmingham's favorite places to relax with food and drink. A heavy black iron gate guides the way in front of soaring arched windows at the circa-1926 Bottega Favorita building that houses both…

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. This is a nationally famous restaurant created and run by Frank Stitt and his lovely wife Pardis. The quality of the food and the consistency of Frank's creations are nationally known . Frank brings fresh lettuces , vegetables, and spices from his own
farm in Shelby county. The pasta creations are fabulous. The food is a blend of Northern...

Lesson One: stop listening to the waitstaff...she encouraged us to have the snapper collar fried...not worth a penny..just fried stuff. Pizza: we had the pizza with peppers...note with teen dollars worth, for sure. I probably would not go back next time I am I. Birmingham.

Take Out, Best Value, Italian: More laid-back and casual than big sister Bottega, this café serves contemporary Italian dishes and cuisine from the wood-fired oven and rotisserie grill, with an emphasis on pizzas (either gourmet or traditional), chicken, and beef. Al fresco dining is also available.